- aggrandize
- agonize
- analyze
- anatomize
- anglicize
- apologize
- apostrophize
- apprize (to value)
- authorize
- baptize
- brutalize
- canonize
- catechize
- catholicize
- cauterize
- centralize
- characterize
- christianize
- civilize
- colonize
- criticize
- crystallize
- demoralize
- dogmatize
- economize
- emphasize
- epitomize
- equalize
- eulogize
- evangelize
- extemporize
- familiarize
- fertilize
- fossilize
- fraternize
- galvanize
- generalize
- gormandize
- harmonize
- immortalize
- italicize
- jeopardize
- legalize
- liberalize
- localize
- magnetize
- memorialize
- mesmerize
- metamorphize
- methodize
- minimize
- modernize
- monopolize
- moralize
- nationalize
- naturalize
- neutralize
- organize
- ostracize
- paralyze
- particularize
- pasteurize
- patronize
- philosophize
- plagiarize
- pulverize
- realize
- recognize
- reorganize
- revolutionize
- satirize
- scandalize
- scrutinize
- signalize
- solemnize
- soliloquize
- specialize
- spiritualize
- standardize
- stigmatize
- subsidize
- summarize
- syllogize
- symbolize
- sympathize
- tantalize
- temporize
- tranquilize
- tyrannize
- universalize
- utilize
- vaporize
- vitalize
- vocalize
- vulcanize
- vulgarize
2. The following words are spelled with the termination ise:
- advertise
- advise
- appraise
- apprise (to inform)
- arise
- chastise
- circumcise
- comprise
- compromise
- demise
- devise
- disfranchise
- disguise
- emprise
- enfranchise
- enterprise
- exercise
- exorcise
- franchise
- improvise
- incise
- manuprise
- merchandise
- premise
- reprise
- revise
- rise
- supervise
- surmise
- surprise
3. The following words have the termination -ible; words not included in this list {39} end in -able[6], except a few words pronounced similarly, but spelled differently.
- accessible
- admissible
- appetible
- apprehensible
- audible
- cessible
- coercible
- compatible
- competible
- comprehensible
- compressible
- conceptible
- contemptible
- contractible
- controvertible
- convertible
- convincible
- corrigible
- corrosible
- corruptible
- credible
- decoctible
- deducible
- defeasible
- defensible
- descendible
- destructible
- digestible
- discernible
- distensible
- divisible
- docible
- edible
- effectible
- eligible
- eludible
- enforcible
- evincible
- expansible
- expressible
- extendible
- extensible
- fallible
- feasible
- fencible
- flexible
- forcible
- francible
- fusible
- gullible
- horrible
- illegible
- immiscible
- impassible[7]
- intelligible
- irascible
- legible
- miscible
- negligible
- partible
- passible[7]
- perceptible
- permissible
- persuasible
- pervertible
- plausible
- possible
- productible
- reducible
- reflexible
- refrangible
- remissible
- reprehensible
- resistible
- responsible
- reversible
- revertible
- risible
- seductible
- sensible
- tangible
- terrible
- transmissible
- visible
[6] RULE: Derivations of the first conjugation in Latin take a; those of the other conjugations, i.
4. These are the irregular forms of the endings -sion and -tion.
- adhesion
- assertion
- attention
- coercion
- cohesion
- crucifixion
- declension
- dimension
- dissension
- distortion
- divulsion
- expulsion
- impulsion
- insertion
- intention
- occasion
- propulsion
- recursion
- repulsion
- revulsion
- scansion
- suspicion
- tension
- version
5. The following words are pronounced similarly, but the meaning changes with the spelling: